Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-05-07


tire period of the drin. Such special exceptions
VIII be made only in the case OF regiments or, fol
otner commands, only for reasons deemed by the
| executive committee to be Imperative.
All commands win be held subject to camp
guard duty, daily dress parade, and to all rules,
Of the for the
camp duty or other purposes. II found necessary
1ne n OF camp sePfnae
taHonS or regiments by the commandment OF the
camp.
Tents or barracks, and straw for bed-sacks viii
be furnished. Subsistence will not be furnished.
There will be camp restaurant, at which meals
may be procured at rate to be fixed by the COM
mittee. The restaurant keeper will be subject to
control OF the executive committee, and will be
held to strict accountab 1ty to prices and char
acter OF food. Commands doing their own cooking
| will be furnished with fuel and with mess quar-
| tiers.
| THE BUREAU OF COMFORT.
| Another committee organized, when it was found
that there would be many strangers coming to the
| city who would need attention, is the committee
Or bureau OF information and comfort. Mr.. Frank
| p. Madigan is chairman. At the last inaugura-
ton the committee of public comfort did excellent
WORK IN n SEEKING OUT places where accommodations
| could be AFFORDED strangers, and then inviting
| correspondence from those who wanted rooms and
board This COMMITTEES undertakes the same work
for the National Drill. The committee does not
take notice Of the large hotels as it is presumed
that they viii be filled any how Il seeks to pro-
! who desire to i've at less daily expense than is
! usual at hotels The bureau. as stated in THE
STAB, keeps register OF those In the city who
have rooms for rent during the drill, or who can
furnish meals and receives applications from per-
| sons In other cities who desire Recommendations.
the Inauguration said Mr. MadiganP 70 STAR re- e.
porter, hat is partly due to the fact that civic
| bodies are coming, as at the inauguration. The
military organizations, you see, will be Quartered
In the camp. There are, however, a number Of
military companies, mainly from Virginia, that
cannot enter the camp because their State cleo
ton require them to be home on certain day. so
| these companies will not remain more than three
or four ,. days, and number have writ
e ten outside tie eam ne S sa gee nSn aasd
up quarters and placed them for the drill
They w Ping music and join in the parade
are receiving applications from all sections for
rooms and accommodations, and we have on our
by people OF the city. We can quarter all who
come at very moderate prices The price OF board
and rooms ranges from two to three dollars a day;
from fifteen cents up.
MAKING UP EXCURSION PARTIES.
ga great many people are writing to u.s." Mr.
Madigan went on ''to know what railroad rates
they can get to go on from here to Philadelphia,
or New York, or some Of the watering places. Evil
trips to the National Drill and then 80 on to other
places. A great many are coming In parties Of
twenty-five or more, on account OF being able to
get the same railroad rates as the military organi-
cations get.
"Ihere Is no purpose manifested to the commit
tee On the part OF the people here to take advan-
anything shy s ss too sers
their, accommodations. In many instances
we have to tell them what they ought
rooms in private houses and small hotels When
person writes for accommodations we send him
one one OF these cards In reply" Mr.. Madegan took
from ms pocket card on which was printed the
following:
BUREAU OF INFORMATION AM coxropr
''The National Drill committee has organized and
MAINTAINS bureau OF Information and comfort for
the dement, OF strangers and visitors and has called
upon the keepers Of hotels and boarding and lodp.
Ing houses 10 furnish lists OF rooms and BEDS with
AZ ana without meals and state terms &C., record
OF which is kept at their headquarters. where ali
n information OF this kind is furnished gratuit-
are registered at prices ranging from e.
upward, and meals can be had from 25c upward
riease Wrlte, stating precisely the number of
rooms or beds you want with or without meals),
and how much you are willing to paw and we viii
put you In communication with parties who can
May an official will be on hand at ali the railway
statons In this city, to give the same information
10 people arriving In the cars, to enable them to
repair directly TO such quarters as are most con-
ven1ent to the station where they arrive.
CRANK P. MADIGAN
Then said Mr. Madgan they viii Wrre Stating
now many are coming the kind OF accommoda.
lions they would like to have, and what they viii
that we think will suit them, and nut them in
communication with the parties. When the peo-
PIE begin to come we will have headquarters at
Cne depOtS. we Will have room at each depot
Win the books, and men to answer questions, SO
tnaI strangers coming can get all the Information
THE PYRoRAMA.
Among the attractions arranged by the commit
Tee for the drill week is the pyrorama. which will
be shown nightly on the camp ground. This az
stated In THE STAR, Is vivid representation of
the battle between the Merrimac and Monitor.
stanns On seca snat 69e spectator seems to be
sees the water stretching out before him
ann the a long shore u, line lighthouse,
picturesque effect. In the distance can be seen
Fortress Monroe and number of vessels nj the
t h era meet anchored near by The drama opens
~ unoer fuii SAIL and lacking around drops an
81 ne Memac then appears and the work
the Msmse AND %''h M lone battle a Ss
the maj burning OF the Merrimac. M. Chas.
Henry, one OF the managers who was in the
Derland and iron-clads are made perfectly accord
Ing to the originals. The Cumberland is a real yes
e s spe fees long perfectly and the
SPec've Is sucn mat they appear to be Of full size
a a1s t vessels are S worked by crews. Gener
In the scrimmage. The guns are made OF thin
IRON plates, and are about four feet long. They
nave collars at the muzzles which make them look
apparently redhot shot and shell are flied, which.
Wnen tney strike the side Of a vessel explode.
making brilliant show. During one night
exnlDltlon 500 such bombs are fired Vessels are
burned and the flames, leap1ng to the rigging.
mme the awful spiendor Of the thrilling scenes IN
Hampton Roads. Mr.. Henry said that the vessels
are now being constructed in the old skating rink
Ia Boston, which has been turned into a navy
yard iOr tne purpose. Next week the parapher-
mana VIII De brought here. The exhibition will
require frontage OF about 300 feet
Miss Katharine Douglas.
the friends who looked on the dead face OF Miss
katharine Douglas on last Wednesday afternoon
saw even greater beauty in it than they had ever
seen before. She lay in her white casket sur
rounded with flowers, as though she had lust
fallen asleep Her beautiful face and hands.
white as the lilies, had an unearthly grace The
SIMPLICITY SIM me sweetness OF her ch1ldltke char
acter seemed even more apparent in death than In
life. The peace in her face was more restful than
sympathy 1t suggested 50 plainly her Joy at her
nrst glimpse OF the rest that rematneth to those
that love the Lord AS her friends stood there
they recalled with loving thought
1.-The kindly deeds the icy hands had vrpuybt
Inc gentle words the frozen lips had said.
Err3nds on which the willing feet had sped